Border Patrol agent Nathan MacCallum welds a cut in the border fence Thursday north of the area in Tijuana known as Colonia Libertad between the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro ports of entry.

Peggy Peattie

Border Patrol agent Nathan MacCallum welds a cut in the border fence Thursday north of the area in Tijuana known as Colonia Libertad between the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro ports of entry.

Border Patrol agent Nathan MacCallum welds a cut in the border fence Thursday north of the area in Tijuana known as Colonia Libertad between the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro ports of entry. (Peggy Peattie)